Road drag



O. JUSTISS ROAD DRAG Filed March INT-Fancy;

Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

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ONZA J USTISS, OF OMAHA, TEXAS.

I j ROAD DRAG.

Application filed March 8, 1924. Serial No. 696,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ONzA Jusriss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Morris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road Drags, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to road drags and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a drag of simple structural arrangement adapted to be used upon roads and highways for maintaining them in good condition for the movement of traffic thereon.

l/Vith the above object in view, the drag structure includes side runners arranged in spaced parallel relation and connected together by cross bars which divide the space between the runners into compartments. Diagonally disposed bars are located in the said compartment spaces and the last mentioned bars have their forward ends lodged in the corners between. the cross bars and the runners and at the forward edges of the compartment spaces. The rear end of the said diagonally disposed bars bear against the forward surfaces of the cross bars at the rear edges of the compartment spaces and at points between the ends of the said cross bars. Scraper blades are adjustably mounted upon the said diagonally disposed bars and have cutting edges which extend below the lower edges of the said diagonally disposed bars. diagonally disposed bars in the adjacent compartment spaces have their forward ends lodged against opposite runners so that an alternate or zigzag arrangement of the diagonally disposed bars and the blades mounted thereon is provided. As the drag is moved over the surface of a road or highway, the material is picked up by one blade and moved to the right and is passed under one of the cross bars and picked up by the next blade and moved to the left. This removes the surplus material from the high points in the road or highway and distributes or deposits it in the low spots or places. Therefore the ruts are filled and humps are removed from the surface ofthe road or highway.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of the road drag.

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Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is a detailed perspective view of one of the blades of the road drag.

Figure d is a front view of the road drag.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed fragmentary view of a corner portion of the road drag showing parts in section.

The road drag comprises runners 1 which are spaced from each other and disposed parallel with each other. D'aft chains 2 are connected with the forward ends of the said runners. Cross bars 3 are connected at their ends with the runners and bridge the space between them. The said cross bars are spaced from each other and disposed parallel and divide the space between the runners into compartment spaces which are rectangular in plan. Diagonally disposed bars 4 are located in the compartment spaces betwen the runners 1 and the forward ends of the diagonally disposed bars i are lodged in the angles of the forward corners of the compartment spaces between the runners and the cross bars. The rear ends of the diagonally disposed bars a bear against the next adjacent cross bars 3 to the rear at points between the ends of the said cross bars. Brace members 5 are interposed between the intermediate portions of the cross bars and the intermediate portions of the diagonally disposed bars l. The said braces 5 are approximately wedge-shaped in side elevation as best shown in Figure 2 of. the drawings. Elongated blades 6 are mounted upon the forward surfaces of the diagonally disposed bars 4 and the said blades are provided with lower sharp edges 7 which are dis posed below the lower edges of the diagonally disposed bars l. Each blade 6 is provided with spaced perforations 8 through which bolts 9 may be passed, the said bolts also passing through the adjacent diagonally disposed bars 4 and hence means are provided for adjusting the blades upon the cross bars and for securing them at adjusted positions. In each alternate compartment space between the runners and the cross bars, the outer or forward ends of the diagonally disposed bars therein have contact with the same side runner 1. Therefore the said diagonally disposed bars and the blades mounted thereon are in zigzag or staggered relation. As the drag is moved over the surface of a road or high- Way, the material at the surface thereof is moved to the side then under one oflthe "cross bars 3 and'is encountered by the neXt blade and moves toward the opposite side edge of the road. Thus the humps cut from the road and the low spots are filled with the material cut from the humps. I

Having described the invention, What is claimed is:

A road drag comprising spaced runners, cross bars connected at their "ends with the ruiinersyand bridging the space between them, said cross bars dividing the space between the runners into compartment spaces, the upper surfaces of the cross bars being flush with the upper edges of the runners, and the under vsurfaces of the cross bars' being parallel with and relatively close to theupper edges of" the runners, diagonally disposed bars located in said coinpartment'spaces and having-their forward ends received in the angles between the runners and the cross bars and the forwa d dge 0f he p rtm n paces, ea

alternate diagonally disposed bar having its forward end bearing against the inner surface of the same runner and the other diagonally disposed bars having their forward ends bearing against the inner surface of the other runner, the upper surfaces of tl'e diagonally disposed bars being flush with the" upper edges of the runners and the under surfaoes of the diagonally disposed bars being parallel with and relatively remote from the upper edges o f the runners, braces interposed between the adjacent 'diagonally disposed bars and the cross bars and having upwardly and rearwardly inclined under edgeisurfaces' extending from the under surfaces of the diagonally disposedbars through the under surfaces of the cross baryand vertically disposed blades mounted upon the forward surface of the wall of the diagonally disposed bars and having edges extending below the lower edges of said diagonally disposed bar s.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

o z JUSTISS. 

